Churn.



Patented Aug. 27, l90l. G. G. BEYNON.

OHUBN.

(Application filed Se pt. 10, 1900.)

No. 68I,386.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

GOMER G. BEYNON, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of, Letters Patent No. 681,386, dated August 27, 1901.

Application filed September 10, 1900. Serial No. 29,572. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GOMER G. BEYNON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, in the county of-Polk and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ohurns 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7

My invention relates to churns, and more particularly to that variety employing a vibrating or swinging dasher; and it consists of certain novel features of combination and construction of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby the cream will be thoroughly agitated at the expense of a minimum amount of power. 7

The construction and advantages will be made fully apparent from the following specification, considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved churn, showing the preferred shape to be adopted for the casing or body thereof. Fig.

2 is a detail showing a side view of the dasherblades and the preferred means of mounting the same in position upon the dasher or operating-shaft. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a portion of the top of the lid.

In order to conveniently refer to the several parts of my invention and the cooperating elements required to illustrate the use thereof, numerals will be employed, of which 1 indicates the body portion of my improved churn, which is preferably enlarged at the bottom portion, as shown, and is provided with a slightly-constricted neck-section 2,,

whereby the bulk or major portion of the cream will be disposed in the lower part of the body of the churn, and in order to thoroughly agitate the cream I so dispose the dasher-shaft 3 that the lower end will be left free to swing back and forth in the enlarged end or lower portion of the churn-body, and thereby be brought into contact with the contents and insure that the same will be thoroughly agitated.

In order to suspend the swinging dasher 3 in position, I provide the shaft 4, which is loosely received by suitable apertures provided in the upper end of the dasher. The shaft 4 is provided at each end with the. vertically-disposed oblong sections or heads 5, designed to be received in the recesses 6 upon each side of the centrally-disposed recess 7, the latter being designed to receive the dasher 3, and is of so fficient size to permit said dasher to be freely moved during the operation of the churn.

The upper end of the dasher is provided with a suitable handle 8, in the extreme up per end of which I provide a suitable aperture 9, and since the dasher is tubular it is obvious that it may be readily cleansed by pouring water through the apertures 9,when the interior will be thoroughly cleansed.

The shaft4 is provided near its middle por tion with the depending branch or arm 10, to the lower end of which I pivotally secure the controlling-link 11, the lower end of which is pivotally connected to an eyebolt 12, carried by the upper edge of the central portion of the upper blade 13. The succeeding blades 14 1516 and additional blades, if required, are all properly connected together by linksections 17, and since the arm 10 remains stationary during the swinging movement of the lower end of the dasher 3- it is obvious that the dasher-blades will be alternately drawn to one side or the other and will be herein J after particularly set forth. The blades are:

mounted in suitable openings provided-in the dasher-shaft, so that the upper edges thereof may be left free to move in one direction or the other and take intothe extensions 18 or the extensions 19, as the case may be. i

By reference to the dotted lines of Fig. 1 it will be seen that the dasher 3 being mounted upon the shaft 4 may be easily moved to one side or the other; but since the link-section 11 is pivoted to the lower end of the arm 10 the lower end of said link will describe a different are of a circle from that described by the openings 18 and 19, and it therefore follows that when swung to the right or left the blades will be so acted upon by the link 11 that they will be drawn upward first into one or the other of the extensions 18 or 19. If the blades are to be rigidly secured to the dasher-shaft, said shaft may, if preferred, be made solid, thereby enabling the same to be easily cleansed, inasmuch as the churn-body when emptied of its contents may be filled with scalding-water, when the dasher may be swung to the right and to the left until all parts have been thoroughly cleansed.

The lid-section 20 may be provided with at suitable seat for its reception in the upper edge of the churn-body.

The parts of my improved churn may be readily separated and snugly packed within a small space when it is desired to do so for the purpose of storage or shipment.

It will be understood that the lid 20 may be i made of any desired shape and size to best meet the requirements and that said lid may be properly secured in position, as upon the annular rib 21, secured near the upper-poriionj of the mouth of the churn. It will be further understood that while the lid may be shaped so as to fit snugly in the mouth of the churn, yet, if desired, any suitable secur ing' device may be provided to hold the lid in postman. r

If the blades are designed to remain stationary, then I prefer that the shaft 4 shall consist of a piece of suitably shaped steel, the ends of which are adapted to restin suitable mortises in the lid, thus enabling the handle to be freely moved backward and forward during the operation of the churn,

In order to facilitate the agitation of the conteiits of the churn, I sos'liape the bottom of the body army improved churn that it will cueperate with the dasherblade's, and with this end in view I provide in each end of the bottdm the offset or shoulder 22, against whit-h the cream to be churned is forced by the caster-blades, and since said shoulders.

is possible with any other variety 0f churn with which I am familiar.

My improved churn will be found desirable for churning both large and small quantities of cream and may therefore be used with advantage in the household orcreamery, inasmuch as the churn may be readily made in varying sizes, and believing that the use and construction of myimproved churn have been made fully apparent from the foregoing specification, considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, I will dispense with further reference to the details thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isa 1 In a churn, a body having an enlarged lower end, lid-section, a stationary shaft 4 having an arm 10 and a dasher provided with a series of V-shaped apertures extending through its lower end, combined with aseries of blades placed in saidapertnres and a series of links connecting said blades and arm, said blades being so mounted that the upper edges thereof will swing back and forth in their apertures, substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a churn, a body, a lid-section having a central opening provided w'vith lateral to- 1 cesses, a dasher extending through said opening, a stationary shaft on which said dasher is pivoted and having its end shaped to be re ceived by said lateral recesses and also having a downwardly-extending arm, a series of blades movably disposed in suitable openings provided in the lower end of said dasher and 'alink 11 connecting said arm and blades whereby the blades will be rocked as the dashcr is moved back and forth, all substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth, 7

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GOMER G. BEYNON.

VVitnesses:

S. Z. STILL, A. B. SHAW. 

